BMW 1 Series 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The BMW 1 Series 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 90.1% in UB down to 72.6% in TQ — 17.5 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 95 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 17.5-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2013 BMW 1 Series in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.9 extra failures — about £31–£77 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
75 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Skoda Fabia (17.6). Narrower: Vauxhall Agila (17.5).
Rates are for the 2013 model year only, in areas with at least 200 tests of it. Mileage, trim and use are pooled — a city van and a motorway van are one line here. Method. Compare it with the model's full history or this exact year.
Every postcode area, worst first
| Area | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| TQ | 72.6% | 307 |
| AB | 75.2% | 234 |
| GL | 75.6% | 749 |
| EX | 76.2% | 608 |
| PL | 76.3% | 962 |
| PO | 76.3% | 903 |
| CB | 76.3% | 427 |
| CT | 76.6% | 461 |
| EH | 76.7% | 476 |
| CF | 76.8% | 1,237 |
| LN | 77.0% | 357 |
| SP | 77.2% | 360 |
| TR | 77.2% | 404 |
| BA | 77.3% | 471 |
| BL | 77.3% | 458 |
| HU | 77.3% | 353 |
| SA | 77.4% | 807 |
| FY | 77.8% | 288 |
| BN | 77.8% | 622 |
| HD | 78.0% | 236 |
| G | 78.0% | 546 |
| NP | 78.4% | 770 |
| DL | 78.5% | 297 |
| KY | 78.6% | 234 |
| BS | 78.7% | 1,103 |
| IP | 78.9% | 673 |
| NG | 78.9% | 1,154 |
| SO | 79.0% | 775 |
| SN | 79.0% | 614 |
| TA | 79.0% | 391 |
| CO | 79.5% | 424 |
| SY | 79.5% | 327 |
| TN | 79.6% | 739 |
| BH | 79.7% | 665 |
| WD | 79.7% | 207 |
| NE | 79.7% | 735 |
| SK | 79.8% | 531 |
| YO | 79.9% | 487 |
| TF | 80.1% | 236 |
| MK | 80.2% | 575 |
| NN | 80.2% | 732 |
| WA | 80.2% | 515 |
| CH | 80.2% | 713 |
| RG | 80.7% | 1,030 |
| DE | 80.7% | 783 |
| OX | 80.7% | 581 |
| LS | 80.7% | 659 |
| ST | 80.9% | 627 |
| PR | 80.9% | 487 |
| WR | 80.9% | 299 |
| RH | 80.9% | 593 |
| WS | 81.0% | 374 |
| TS | 81.3% | 482 |
| SW | 81.7% | 224 |
| ME | 81.9% | 579 |
| WV | 82.2% | 383 |
| SG | 82.3% | 412 |
| GU | 82.3% | 927 |
| HP | 82.4% | 615 |
| CV | 82.6% | 951 |
| DN | 82.7% | 715 |
| CA | 82.7% | 249 |
| PE | 82.7% | 1,228 |
| LA | 82.8% | 215 |
| WN | 82.8% | 262 |
| NR | 82.9% | 686 |
| CW | 83.0% | 370 |
| LL | 83.3% | 538 |
| BB | 83.6% | 579 |
| OL | 83.6% | 385 |
| DA | 83.7% | 338 |
| WF | 84.0% | 580 |
| LE | 84.0% | 1,187 |
| M | 84.2% | 1,018 |
| S | 84.3% | 1,246 |
| KT | 84.4% | 352 |
| LU | 84.4% | 436 |
| L | 84.4% | 514 |
| CM | 84.9% | 628 |
| RM | 85.1% | 403 |
| SL | 85.5% | 498 |
| BD | 85.8% | 508 |
| DY | 85.9% | 312 |
| HA | 86.4% | 286 |
| B | 86.8% | 1,950 |
| EN | 86.9% | 320 |
| NW | 87.0% | 247 |
| CR | 87.0% | 332 |
| TW | 88.5% | 323 |
| N | 88.8% | 312 |
| SE | 88.8% | 421 |
| E | 88.9% | 378 |
| SS | 89.0% | 480 |
| IG | 90.1% | 232 |
| UB | 90.1% | 335 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (84.7%), not against the national rate for all cars — a number that would flatter a new model and punish an old one.
What this cannot tell you
- Which garage to use. There is no test-station field in the anonymised data, so no station is implicated by any of this — why. The station directory lists what is near you.
- That the area causes it. Cars in some areas do more short trips, see more salt, or have owners who wait for an advisory to become a failure. The test cannot separate those.
- Anything about a single car. These are rates over hundreds or thousands of tests, not a prediction for one vehicle — one car with a bad exhaust is one car with a bad exhaust.
For context, this model's best area runs 5 points above its own all-years national rate.